Victor Varconi
Acting • Born 1891-03-30 – Died 1976-06-06
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi, 31 March 1891 – 6 June 1976) was a highly successful silent film actor in Hungary. Born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, Varconi was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States. His normal speaking accent sounded almost exactly like that of Transylvanian Bela Lugosi. He worked under contract to Cecil B. DeMille, and played Pontius Pilate in DeMille's 1927 production of The King of Kings. Because of his accent, Varconi's popularity waned with the advent of sound films and he was cast in smaller parts, often playing Hispanic characters. He worked on the New York City stage and wrote for radio. He died from a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California on 6 June 1976 at the age of 85. He was interred at the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, US.
Filmography
89 credits
Roberta
Movie • 1935
Ladislaw
Trouble in Morocco
Movie • 1937
Kamaroff
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Movie • 1957
Dr. Myer
A tanítónö
Movie • 1917
The Atomic Submarine
Movie • 1959
Clifford Kent
The Volga Boatman
Movie • 1926
Prince Dimitri
The Yellow Foal
Movie • 1914
The Scorpion
Movie • 1918
Jean Morell
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie • 1942
Lubbock
The Black Camel
Movie • 1931
Robert Fyfe
Where There's Life
Movie • 1947
Finance Minister Zavitch
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Grand Duke
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1940
Fisherman
Mister Dynamite
Movie • 1935
Jarl Dvorjak
Big City
Movie • 1937
Paul Roya
Safe in Hell
Movie • 1931
General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
Unconquered
Movie • 1947
Captain Simeon Ecuyer
Changing Husbands
Movie • 1924
Oliver Evans
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1939
Paul Borodoff
My Favorite Blonde
Movie • 1942
Miller
Eternal Love
Movie • 1929
Lorenz Gruber
Bánk bán
Movie • 1915
Hotel Imperial
Movie • 1918
The Divine Lady
Movie • 1928
Horatio Nelson
The Wolf
Movie • 1917
Szabó Gyuri
Chicago
Movie • 1927
Amos Hart
Everything Happens at Night
Movie • 1939
Cavas
King of the Newsboys
Movie • 1938
Wire Arno
Men in Exile
Movie • 1937
Gomez
Dancing Pirate
Movie • 1936
Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
Federal Fugitives
Movie • 1941
Otto Lieberman
The Undesirable
Movie • 1915
Miklós
A Feather in Her Hat
Movie • 1935
Paul Anders
The Song You Gave Me
Movie • 1933
Karl Linden
Men in Her Life
Movie • 1931
Count Ivan Karloff
Suez
Movie • 1938
Victor Hugo
The Hitler Gang
Movie • 1944
Rudolph Hess
Mágnás Miska
Movie • 1917
Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie • 1926
Glauco
The Forbidden Woman
Movie • 1927
Col. Gautier
Captain Thunder
Movie • 1930
El Captain Thunder
The Little Adventuress
Movie • 1927
George La Fuente
Tenth Avenue
Movie • 1928
Bob Peters
The Angel of Broadway
Movie • 1927
Jerry Wilson
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
Movie • 1930
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Lord of Ashdod
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
Painted Horse
The King of Kings
Movie • 1927
Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Doctors' Wives
Movie • 1931
Dr. Kane Ruyter
Feet of Clay
Movie • 1924
Bookkeeper
The Cult of the Body
Movie • 1930
Czeslaw
Forced Landing
Movie • 1941
Hendrick Van Deuren
Submarine Patrol
Movie • 1938
Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
Havasi Magdolna
Movie • 1916
Young Medardus
Movie • 1923
Medardus Klähr
Sodom and Gomorrah
Movie • 1922
Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
Avalanche
Movie • 1923
George Vandeau
They Raid by Night
Movie • 1942
Col. Otto von Ritter
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie • 1943
Primitivo
The Sea Hawk
Movie • 1940
Gen. Aguirre
Scotland Yard Investigator
Movie • 1945
Jules
Pound Foolish
Movie • 1940
Victor Lestrade
Disputed Passage
Movie • 1939
Dr. LaFerriere
Pirates of Monterey
Movie • 1947
Capt. Cordova
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
Movie • 1943
Enemy Security Officer
The Rebel
Movie • 1932
Sinners' Parade
Movie • 1928
Al Morton
Triumph
Movie • 1924
William Silver
The Warsaw Citadel
Movie • 1930
Das Blut
Movie • 1922
The Red Peacock
Movie • 1920
Alfred Germont
Fighting Love
Movie • 1927
Gabriel Amari
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
Movie • 1925
The Doomed Battalion
Movie • 1932
Artur Franchini
Herren der Meere
Movie • 1922
Her Dancing Partner
Movie • 1925
Silken Shackles
Movie • 1926
When London Sleeps
Movie • 1934
Stephen Ronsart
A csikós
Movie • 1917
Andris, a csikóslegény
For Wives Only
Movie • 1926
Dr. Rittenhaus
Eine versunkene Welt
Movie • 1922
Worldly Goods
Movie • 1924
Clifford Ramsay
Mágia
Movie • 1917
Pal
99
Movie • 1918
Herr mit vielen Namen
The Devil
Movie • 1918
Száki János, festõmüvész
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1920
Danilo
Magic Waltz
Movie • 1918
Niki hadnagy
Studio One
TV • 1948
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Count d'Auberge